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3.8 AVERAGE

mysterious

What a hilarious little book! I'm not usually a fan of Miss Marple (I prefer Poirot) but this one was delightful! Funny characters, a unique mystery, and a surprise ending. When I finished reading the book, I immediately handed it to my husband and strongly recommended that he read it.
funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

"Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie"


Okay , When you pick up Agatha Christie's book, you start with a certain expectations.

Expecting Whirlpools in your mind, expecting your suspicious mind to waver from one suspect to another. And I bet, when you read this one, all those expectations will be fulfilled.

A murder happens in Office, which is linked to home, and series of murder follows, limiting to few , unlike the number of those happened in "And Then There Were None". The Investigating Officer is trying to find everything and finds everyone has some motive and finally concludes of murders happening without Rhyme or Reasons.

And then Enters the old Miss Marple and proves him Wrong.

Now instead of trying to find more of what happened in the book from this Review, I would suggest rather picking up and reading the Book.


Go ahead ... Start turning the pages and you will not be disappointed !!!


This was interesting from the get-go, but I have to say, the ending was a bit of a let down. Maybe reading so much Poirot and Miss Marple has rub off on me - so many things were pointing to Lance Fortescue.

First, how he was so conveniently away and then conveniently present in the thick of things. Second, how everything seemed to point to Percival - as if the case was screaming "It's him!" and too conveniently, and it was clear someone hated him enough to make him a suspect. Third, emphasizing the second point, how Lance, in his seemingly cool manner, hated Percival. Fourth, how after his outburst, Lance mentions Blackbird mine - too casually, as though hinting - and it becoming too obvious that there /was/ gold there.
mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Solid Marple, but would be a five if we had been privy to the conversations she had with folks which brought her to her conclusions, and if she had been in the story sooner. I really much prefer the Marple stories where she's there from the beginning.
challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No